John Playford's Musick's Delight on the Cithren,
1666

Musick's Delight
ON THEC I T H R E N, Retored and Refined to a more Easie and Pleasant
Manner of Playing than formerly; And set forth with
Lessons A la Mode, being Choicest of our late new Ayres,Corants, Sarabands, Tunes, and Jiggs.

To which is added several New Songs and Ayres to Sing to the Cithren.

London, Printed by W.G. and are sold by J.Playford at his Shop in the Temple. 1666.

Contents taken by A. Hartig from Playford's table of contents and individual work titles.

Note: Playford numbers his pieces in his table of contents; however, those numbers do not always correspond to the numbers given before the work of music, nor is the numbering consistent. An chronological number has been assigned to each piece (#) plus the number which appears just before the piece of music (J.P. #). Numbers from the Table of Lessons Contained in this Book have been omitted.

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J.P. #

title

1

1

A short Preludium

2

2

The 24 Changes on 6 Bells

3

3

Maying Time. The Ground with Division.

4

4

John come kiss me now

5

5

Over the Mountains

6

6

Light of Love

7

7

A la mode de France

8

8

What you please

9

9

A Round

10

10

A Jigg

11

11

Wilsons Wild

12

12

The Hunt is up

13

13

Tripp and goe

14

14

Mr. Porter's Rant

15

15

Glory of the West

16

16

Glory of the North

17

17

Maiden Fair

18

18

The King's delight

19

19

Parthenia

20

20

Step Stately

21

21

The Whisk

22

22

Blew Cap for me

23

23

Lady Banburies Horn pipe

24

24

Have at thy Coat old Woman

25

A Jig

26

25

Thomas I cannot

27

26

None shall plunder but I

28

27

Mardike

29

28

The King's March

30

29

The King enjoyes his own

31

30

Duke of York's March

32

31

Gen. Leshley's March

33

32

Bow bells

34

33

Tom a Bedlam

35

34

Chirping of the Nightingale

36

35

The Spanish Gipsies

37

Bobing Joe

38

36

A Symphony J.P.

39

37

The Bonny Broom

40

38

Hunsdon House

41

39

Green Goose Fair

42

Lady Spelior

43

40

Grimstock

44

41

The Fryar and the Nun.

45

42

Health to Betty

46

Greenwood

47

43

I Have lost my love and I care not.

48

44

Upon a Summers-day

49

45

Vive la Roy

50

The Cyprus Grove

51

46

The Lady Nevils Delight

52

47

Ay Me of the Symphony

53

48

The New Gavot

54

Willoby's Rant

55

49

Singleton's Slip

56

50

The Queen's Delight

57

51

Amarillis

58

52

On the cold ground

59

53

New Mutar

60

54

New Marinet

61

The Running Bore

62

55

The Apes Dance

63

56

A Passingala

64

57

NFew [sic] Figgary

65

58

The Hobby Horse Dance

66

59

To drive the cold Winter away

67

60

La Cokeley a new dance

68

61

The Lady Nevils delight (listed in the contents as The Lady Savills delight)